Dirt-loading machine.



J. E. LONG.

DIRT LOADING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.23.1914.

Patented July 6, 1915.

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Witnesses Attorneys W %m NM RN m E NM \M Inventor Attorneys JOHN E. LONG, OF EVIING, NEBRASKA.

DIRT-LOADING MACHINE.

' Application filed March 23, 1914.

. To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN E. Lone, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ewing, in the county of Holt and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Dirt-Loading Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for loading wagons and the like with dirt or other material placed in the machine, one of the objects of the invention being to provide novel means whereby the dirt or the like is elevated into a receptacle, the said receptacle being provided with a hinged chute for delivering dirt from the receptacle and into wagons, cars or the like brought to position thereunder.

A further object is to provide means whereby the material being discharged into the machine will be thrown into the receptacle so that none of it will adhere to the elevating means.

A further object is to provide a machine of this character which can be easily transported from place to place.

Vx ith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed. can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the pre ferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine. Fig. 2 is a plan A are connected at their upper ends by a cross beam 6 on the end portions of which are secured the front ends of downwardly and rearwardly inclined side beams 7 These side beams are supported at their rear ends by standards 8 mounted on a rear axle 9 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1915.

Serial No. 826,690.

supported by wheels 10. A cross beam 11 connects the lower end portions of the standards 8 and a suitable draft tongue 12 or the like is connected to this beam whereby the machine can be propelled forward in any suitable manner, as by means of a tractor. The side beams 7 can be connected to the standards 8 by means of braces 13. Hangers 14: extend from the side beams 7 and support a cross strip 15 to which is hingedly connected a chute 16 having a discharge spout 17 at the rear end of the bottom thereof. The back end of this discharge spout and of the chute may be closed by means of a hinged gate 18. An actuating cable 19 is connected to the chute l6 and extends upwardly over a guide sheave 20 to any suitable point whereby the chute can be and rearwardly to the front end portion of the chute 16. This hopper is open at the top and front and has guide cleats 22 on the side walls thereof which are disposed. substantially vertical, these. cleats engaging a gate 23 which can be adjusted vertically so as to form an opening of any desired'proportions between the lower edge of the gate and the bottom of the hopper 21. Thus the amount of material supplied to the lower end portion of the hopper 21 can be controlled. Arranged upon the sides of the hopper at its lower end are guide cleats 24 between which is slidably mounted a gate 25 to which is connected an actuating lever 26. By means of this lever gate 25 can be raised and lowered, thus to control the discharge of dirt or the like from the hopper 21 and into the chute 16.

It is to be understood that the gate 23 can be held in elevated position in any suit-.

able manner, as by means of pins 27 insert-,

ible through openings in the sides of the gate. Other means may ofcourse be used in lieu of the pins 27.

For the purpose of holding the front frame 1 fixed relative to the side beams 'i',"

tie strips 28 are detachably secured to the standards 4 and also to the hangers 14. The cross beam 6 is connected to the standards 4: by means of a king bolt 29 which extends downwardly from the middle portion of the beam 6 and through the middle portion of a top strip 30 which is secured to the upper ends of the standards 4:. Thus it will be seen that when the tie strips 28 are detached from the standards 1, the strip 30 is free to swing about the king bolt 29 and the entire machine can thus be steered while in transit.

Pivotally mounted upon the axle 2 is a frame 31 made up of side strips 32 and an intermediate cross strip 33. A. rod 84: connects the free end portions of the side strips 32 and extends longitudinally through a cross strip 35 which is secured upon and extends transversely of a loading platform 36. This platform extends beyond the outer ends of the side strips 32 and the rear portion of the platform is reduced to form a tongue 37 which extends over the cross strip 33. A guide pin 38 extends from the strip 33 and loosely through the tongue 37 and mounted on this pin and between the tongue and the cross strip 33 is a spring 39. An upstanding backboard 4:0 is arranged transversely upon the platform 36 and secured to the cross strip 35. Sheaves 41 are secured to the outer end portions of the side strips 32. A cable 42 is secured at one end to one of the beams 7 and extends forwardly into engagement with one of the sheaves 4:1, thence rearwardly over a sheave 41-3 on the beam 7, thence downwardly to suitable actuating means. It is of course to be understood that one of these cables 12 is located at each side of the machine and that said cables may be connected together so as to operate in unison. A roller 4 1 is j ournaled upon the brace 5 and in the path of the inner end portion of the tongue 37.

When the machine is not in use, the chute 16 can be elevated and the platform 36 can also be raised, as shown in Fig. 3, after which the strips 28 are disconnected from the standards 4:. The machine can then be propelled forward, it being possible for the frame 1 to swing relative to the side beams 7 with the king bolt 29 as a pivot. When the machine is in use the tie strips 28 are secured to the standards 4: and the side beams 32 are swung downwardly to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The dirt or other material to be loaded into wagons or the like, is placed on the platform 36 and against the backboard 40. The cables 42 are then drawn longitudinally by any suitable mechanism and this will cause the arms 32 to swing upwardly and backwardly until the edge portion of the board 40 is brought to position above the upper end portion of the bottom of hopper 31. At the same time the lower end of tongue 37 strikes against roller 14: and produces a kicking action whereby all of the material supported by the platform 36 and the board 40 will be thrown into the hopper 21 and against the gate 23. A portion or all of this material will gravitate along the inclined bottom of the hopper 21 and under the gate 23 to position against the cut-off gate 25. After a wagon has been brought to position under the spout 17, said spout can be lowered and the gate 25 opened whereupon the material back of the gate will gravitate into the chute 16 and then flow through the spout 17 and into the wagon thereunder.

What is claimed is 1. In a loading machine the combination with a hopper, of a frame mounted to swing upwardly toward the hopper, a loading platform tiltably mounted on the frame, a backboard upstanding from the platform, means for elevating the frame and platform to position the backboard within the upper portion of the hopper, and means in the path of a portion of the platform for imparting a supplemental movement of the load engaging portion of the platform in the direction of movement of the frame while being elevated, thereby to expel material from the platform and backboard and into the hopper.

2. In a loading machine, the combination with a hopper, of a frame mounted to swing upwardly, a platform tiltably mounted in the frame, said platform having an inwardly extended portion, means carried by the frame for yieldingly supporting said inwardly extended portion, a backboard movable with the platform, means for elevating the frame and platform to position the backboard within the upper portion of the hopper, and means in the path of the inwardly extended portion for engagement thereby to shift the platform against the action of said yielding support and relative to the frame, thereby to exert a supplemental impulse to the elevated material to expel the material from the platform and backboard and into the hopper.

3. In a loading machine, the combination with a wheel supported structure including pivotally connected front and back portions, and a hopper carried by one of said portions, of a frame connected to and mounted to swing upwardly relative to the other portion of the structure, a platform tiltably mounted within the frame and having an inwardly extended portion, a yielding support carried by the frame and normally engaged by said inwardly extended portion, a backboard upstanding from the platform, means for swinging the frame upwardly thereby to position the platform with its backboard extending into the top of the hopper, and revoluble means in the path of the inwardly extended portion for shifting In testimony that I claim the foregoing as said portion against the action of its yieldmy own, I have hereto aflixed my signature ing support thereby to impart a supplemenin the presence of two Witnesses.

tal impulse through the platform against the JOHN E. LONG. 5 material supported thereby to eject the ma- Witnesses:

terial from the platform and backboard and S. W. BRION, Jr.,

into the hopper. J. N. TRoMMERsHAUsER.

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